[dev1237] Why take skill out of crafting?

[Vaen]

I'm pretty new to FFXIV and these forums but I'm already starting to see why so many people are sick of random complaining against generally good changes that goes on here.

OP, I see what you're trying to say, but I REALLY think you're incorrect in saying that, in the current system, getting to ~300 quality with NQ items because of "skill" = more HQ items. There's been SO many times where I used NQ items and got really high quality due to luck/skill, and the finished product ended up STILL being NQ. And then there were all the times where I got the quality to 60 or so, and the finished product was randomly HQ. The current system is too random and meaningless, and the changes they're making are on the whole positive because it allows us to understand what quality and HQ ingredients actually DO.

TL;DR your argument is invalid because the current HQing system is too random and the new HQing system makes sense.